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Curt Schilling. I loved him when he pitched for the Phillies. I always thought he was criminally underrated. Of course, he never achieved national acclaim until he was traded away.
As a pitcher, he had the heart of a lion. But as a person, he's repeatedly demonstrated the "morals" of one. Now, he says he's thinking of running for Senator as (what else?) a Republican against Elizabeth Warren.
Here's some of the skinny on what he's been up (down?) to since retiring from baseball:
Schilling. What a perfect last name for this asswipe.
As a pitcher, he had the heart of a lion. But as a person, he's repeatedly demonstrated the "morals" of one. Now, he says he's thinking of running for Senator as (what else?) a Republican against Elizabeth Warren.
Here's some of the skinny on what he's been up (down?) to since retiring from baseball:
Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling announced plans on Tuesday to run against Elizabeth Warren in the U.S. Senate race if his wife agrees, but he declined to apologize to Rhode Island taxpayers left on the hook for tens of millions of dollars when his video game company collapsed.
Schilling spoke Tuesday with WPRO-AM, his first interview about 38 Studios since settling a lawsuit over it and since a criminal investigation resulted in no charges.
Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo has said Rhode Island residents were hurt by the bad deal and deserve an apology.
Schilling said it's not that he won't apologize, but he wants Raimondo to tell him what he should apologize for. He asked listeners: "What do you want me to apologize for?"
[Sound like another candidate for office you know of?]
The company moved from Massachusetts to Rhode Island in 2010 in exchange for a $75 million loan guarantee, then went bankrupt less than two years later.
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Schilling also faulted politicians for giving him a loan guarantee in the first place.
"If I was the governor, I would have never even offered this deal," Schilling said. "The government doesn't belong in private business. But I'm on the other side of this. My job and responsibility is to my company and to my employees and I was doing everything I could do, within my legal means, to make that be a success."
[Again, ring a bell?]
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Earlier this year Schilling was fired from his job as an ESPN baseball analyst after comments on Facebook critical of transgender rights. He now has an online radio show.
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[Governor] Raimondo said on Tuesday that she's angry because Rhode Islanders were hurt by the 38 Studios deal. She said it wasn't right that "tax dollars vanished on a terrible deal."
Schilling. What a perfect last name for this asswipe.